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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
4
Weekly column notes water shortages and public indifference in Dolton Illinois. It lampoons stock market losses for climbers and rides with strangers, and jokes about snail life in Florida and Cuba. It mentions football, women teachers, weddings, and tree care in a satirical voice.
A type of thief roams cities and towns in cars with bags to steal fruits and vegetables from farmers and gardeners along routes. The piece condemns the act as cruel and urges authorities to pursue the raiders and defend rural producers.
Public schools in many communities report record fall enrollments as population holds steady. More beginners enter while fewer drop out from upper grades, keeping children in school longer. The higher expense is a burden now, yet promises greater future intelligence and productivity for the community.
Professor Rogers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stirred students with advice urging snobbery as a social stance. The remark caused campus debate over student conduct and academics.
The piece argues that critics claim there are too many women teachers while noting the positive impact on student discipline and the legions of successful men who credit teachers, especially idealistic schoolmarms, for guiding their early principles and industry.
The Republican national committee elected a new chairman who will devote full time to the party and business relations. The Democratic committee is pursuing preparations for next year’s campaigns with equal vigor. Without strong agencies to inform voters, people risk drifting into choosing undesirable candidates after primaries. A republican government is not a passenger train but a force building the road to community welfare.
Baltimore is set to host a 15 million dollar aircraft plant signaling growing interest in commercial aviation. The article argues large investments show aviation is becoming a major transport mode and that careful regulation will reduce accidents as the industry improves safety comparable to railroads.
Illinois boasts the McKinley Bridge across the Mississippi as a leading electric railway span. Fort Russell in Edwardsville served as a key War of 1812 military site. The state ranks high in fuel burning electric generating capacity and horse numbers, while gas sales for home heating constitute about seven percent of total Illinois manufactured gas company sales in early 1929. Infant mortality in Illinois fell in 1928, despite a national rise, and 1,520 Illinois farmers use motor-powered cultivators. The Chicago park department spent more on public recreation in 1928 than several large eastern cities combined.
Illinois reports a record peach crop with more than 4000 car shipments valued over 3 million dollars. Central Illinois Public Service iced 1400 tons in 24 hours and then kept five days at 1000 tons daily, exceeding prior daily records of 9090 tons.
A cryptic note hints at theft and murder across multiple sources. It mentions items both stolen and not and claims all items end up in a shared pot. Authorities investigate the unclear links between incidents and origin.
A dying merchant tells his lawyer he bequeaths $5,000 to each man who has served 20 years. The lawyer notes the shop hasn’t existed 20 years, and the merchant replies that the gesture is good advertising.
A humorous verse warns of foodborne dangers from microbes in everyday fare and drinks. It lampoons dieting fears with ghoulish lines about clams, lobster, onions, pies, and sauerkraut while predicting visits from doctors and undertakers as meals tempt fate. The chorus riffs on inevitability of illness and death from “some little bug.”
The Smithsonian notes an eel tail organ that pulsates and is seen as a second heart by fishermen but is not a real heart. In Unis region a strike to an eel yields a fatal effect similar to a heart blow.
The Bureau of Standards notes that voice does not travel along a telephone wire. A moving diaphragm modulates an electric current which drives a second diaphragm to reproduce the voice.
A reflective essay notes how people postpone goals and dreams, urging decisive action. It argues time feels abundant but should be seized for meaningful projects and personal ambitions.
A note on fustian as forced overblown rhetoric in literature. The term signals bombastic style filled with metaphors and high flown phrasing. Renes
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